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J. B. WALLACE.

GBNBRATING GASOLINB BURNER.

Patented Sept. 13, 1887.

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J. BENNETT VALLACE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO GEORGE M. CLARK itCOMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

eem-:RATING eAsoLl'NE-BURNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 369,826, datedSeptember 13,1887.

Application lled March 21, 18S?. Serial No. 231,647. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, J. BENNETT WALLACE, a citizen of the United States,residing in Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Generating Gasoline-Burners,ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in the device for moving thedeflecting -tube whereby the vapor is deflected from the induction-tubeofthe generating-burners of gasolinestoves to the under side of theburner baseplate, for the purpose of keeping the latter hot when thestove is not in use, and particularly to the form ot" such deviceemployed with vertical deflectors and ind notion-tubes. These verticaldeiectors are hinged at the top, and it has been customary to positionthem by means of wires some eight inches in length projecting to thefront and rigidly attached to the deliectors, so that when the outerends thereof are vibrated vertically the deilectors are caused to swingupon' their hinges, thereby moving the lower end ofthe deilectors intoacting position over the mouth of the needle-valve of the burner, oraway therefrom, as desired, the l deflector being held in position byfrictional per to its lower position when such change is not desired,and as the friction-surfaces are apt to wear away or become separated bybending, thisliability to displacement through gravity is veryconsiderable. The wire is also in such close proximity to theneedle-valve stems of the other burners fed by the generatingburner asto render it liable to accidental displacement by the user whenoperating such' valve-stems. Any lateral blow 0r force exerted upon'thewire will also tend to separate the friction-surfaces, and thus renderthe device inoperative, except in one positionmviz., the lower one.

My present invention is designed. to remove these objections and tootherwise improve the method of positioning and holding the de- Hector.

It consists in the positioning and holding mechanism hereinafterspecifically described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification,and in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts, Figure lis aside elevation of a generating-burner the detlector whereof isoperated by my improvement. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same, the burnerproper and its base being partly broken away. Figs. 3 and 4 are enlargedside views of the deflector and its immediate operating mechanism,showing the two positions thereof. Fig. 5 is a rear elevation of theparts shown in Figs. 3 and 4. Figs. 6 and 7 are vertical sections of theiniXing-tuoe and deilector, thelatter being shown in both positions.

In the drawings, A represents the burner proper, a the base-plate, B themixing-tube, C the deiiector-tube, (hinged at 0,) and D theneedle-valve, cfa generating-burner, the valve being operated by thehand-wheel d. ciated with this burner are other needle-valves forregulating the other burners ot' the stove which are fed from thegenerating burner shown, the stems of such other burners being indicatedat E, and all projecting to the front of the stove in a horizontalplane.

The deflector-tube may form a portion ofthe mixing-tube, aseXplained inpatent to me, No. 314,404, and it is moved into and ont of position byturning the rotatable wire shaft F, journaled atf, upon the mixing-tube,and connected to the dedector by the crank G and pitman g. rIhe frictionfor holding the detlector against accidental movement is obtainedbetween the arm H upon the deilector and the stationary lug h upon theside ot' the valvecylinder. With this operating device gravity upon thepart of the operating-wire which is positively sustained in its bearingsfis absolutely prevented from operating the deilector, and slide orother pressure upon the operatingwire does not tend to separate thefriction-surfaces, and it is not easily operated by accidental contact,as is the vibrating wire.

The wire F extends nearly at right angles Asso- IOO to the stems E ofthe needle-valves, so that the The swinging Vertical delieetor-tuloe ofa vnseris not likely to mistake it for either of said generatinggasoline burner, in combination stems, and it is so far removedtherefrom as to with the lrotatable shaft, the crank and the be safefrom accidental eontaot with the hand pitman for moving said defleetor,and the frlo- 5 when actuating the needle-valves.

mechanical connections can also be connected I to the deflector whenpositioned back of the nduetiontnloe, as in the former construction, andWithout any change in the shape thereof 1o or in the location of thefriction-surfaces I claim- It and the tion devices H and h, for holdingit against accidental movement, substantially as speeied.

J. BENNETT WALLACE.

Witnesses:

H. M. MUNDAY, LEW. E. CURTIS.

